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ArticleAnnals of biomedical engineering2020

Structure-Function Relationships of Healthy and Osteoarthritic Human Tibial Cartilage: Experimental and Numerical Investigation.

Mohammadhossein Ebrahimi, Mikael J Turunen, Mikko A Finnilä, Antti Joukainen, Heikki Kröger, Simo Saarakkala, Rami K Korhonen, Petri Tanska

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Article in Annals of biomedical engineering, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammadhossein EbrahimiDepartment of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland. mohammadhossein.ebrahimi@uef.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5480-7550
Mikael J TurunenDepartment of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Mikko A FinniläResearch Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Antti JoukainenKuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Heikki KrögerKuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Simo SaarakkalaResearch Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Rami K KorhonenDepartment of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.
Petri TanskaDepartment of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9684-6902
University of Eastern Finland · FIKuopio University Hospital · FIOulu University Hospital · FIUniversity of Oulu · FI

Funding

Academy of Finland 268378Academy of Finland 286526Academy of Finland 324529Emil Aaltosen Säätiö 200016Oulun Yliopisto strategic fundingSuomen Kulttuurirahasto 65191841
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Relationships between composition, structure and constituent-specific functional properties of human articular cartilage at different stages of osteoarthritis (OA) are poorly known. We established these relationships by comparison of elastic, viscoelastic and fibril-reinforced poroelastic mechanical properties with microscopic and spectroscopic analysis of structure and composition of healthy and osteoarthritic human tibial cartilage (n = 27). At a low frequency (0.005 Hz), proteoglycan content correlated negatively and collagen content correlated positively with the phase difference (i.e. tissue viscosity). At a high-frequency regime (> 0.05 Hz), proteoglycan content correlated negatively and collagen orientation angle correlated positively with the phase difference. Proteoglycans were lost in the early and advanced OA groups compared to the healthy group, while the superficial collagen orientation angle was greater only in the advanced OA group compared to the healthy group. Simultaneously, the initial fibril network modulus (fibril pretension) was smaller in the early and advanced OA groups compared to the healthy group. These findings suggest different mechanisms contribute to cartilage viscosity in low and high frequencies, and that the loss of superficial collagen pretension during early OA is due to lower tissue swelling (PG loss), while in advanced OA, both collagen disorganization and lower swelling modulate the collagen fibril pretension.

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Biomechanical PhenomenaCartilage, ArticularCollagenElasticityHumansOsteoarthritisProteoglycansTibiaViscosityCollagenProteoglycansCollagen fibril networkDigital densitometryFibril-reinforced poroelasticFourier transform infrared spectroscopyMechanical propertiesPolarized light microscopyProteoglycan

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PMID32648191
PMCPMC7723942
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